This amendment, sponsored by Senator Demint, would establish a reserve fund for Social Security reform. Congress would be able to save Social Security surpluses to be used by future recipients. This helps ensure the long-term stability of the program.

"Yea" votes scored. Double Score

5: On the Motion to Table: S.Amdt. 2980 to S. 2349 - To include Federal entities in the definition of earmarks✘ Yea

Key Vote 5: On the Motion to Table: S.Amdt. 2980 to S. 2349 - To include Federal entities in the definition of earmarks

This amendment, sponsored by Senator McCain, would strike a provision providing $6 million to sugarcane growers in Hawaii, which was not included in the Administration's emergency supplemental request. This is an unnecessary project and is irrelevant to emergency relief.

A bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity. This bill would add more layers of bureaucracy to the Hawaiian government.

"Nay" votes scored.

10: S. 3711 - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006✘ Nay

Key Vote 10: S. 3711 - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006

A bill to enhance the energy independence and security of the United States by providing for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.

This legislation moves the United States closer to the goal of creating a region-wide Middle East free trade area by 2013. An agreement with Oman would mark the fifth such nation in the Middle East with open trade ties to the United States. Free trade agreements allow Americans to buy and sell goods in more markets.

2005: 109th Congress 0%

Key Vote 1: S. 5 - Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

S. 5 is a major step towards stopping lawsuit abuse by limiting venue shopping by trial lawyers. Unscrupulous attorneys often bring cases to a handful of state ‘tort hellholes’ where judges and juries consistently produce unreasonable awards with national economic impact. This new legislation would move the largest cases to federal courts, where judges are better equipped to consider the national scope of each case.

"Yea" votes scored.

2: S.Amdt. 150 to S.Con.Res. 18 - Statement on the Financial Condition of Social Security✘ Nay

This amendment, sponsored by Senator DeMint, expresses the sense of the Senate that failing to address the financial condition of Social Security will result in massive debt, deep benefit cuts and tax increases.

Key Vote 9: On the Motion to Table: S.Amdt. 2093 to H.R. 3058 - To prohibit any funds from being used for the Joslyn Art Museum

Motion To Table Coburn Amdt. No. 2093 As Modified; To prohibit any funds under the Act from being used for a parking facility as part of the Joslyn Art Museum Master Plan, in Omaha, Nebraska. This amendment would eliminate at least one wasteful project.

"Nay" votes scored.

10: S.Amdt. 2077 to H.R. 3058 - "Emergency Designation"✘ Yea

Key Vote 10: S.Amdt. 2077 to H.R. 3058 - "Emergency Designation"

This amendment, sponsored by Senator Reed, would provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. This is a wasteful program that would increase government spending at the expense of free market solutions.

Coburn Amdt. No. 2165, As Modified; To make a perfecting amendment. Senator Coburn's amendment would block construction of the “bridge to nowhere” in Alaska, the leading symbol of earmark abuse in the 109th Congress.

Key Vote 13: S. 1932 - Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act

Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act includes relatively slight reductions in the rate of growth in some mandatory spending programs. Though rather modest, this is a first step in reducing the national debt.

Key Vote 15: S.Amdt. 2610 to S. 2020 - To reinstate for millionaires a top individual income tax rate of 39.6 percent

This amendment, sponsored by Senator Feinstein, would reinstate for millionaires a top individual income tax rate of 39.6 percent, the pre-May 2003 rates of tax on capital gains and dividends, and to repeal the reduction and termination of the phase out of personal exemptions and overall limitation on itemized deductions, until the Federal budget deficit is eliminated. This kind of tax would hurt wealth creation.